Corn harvester and husker.



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APPLIUATION FILED JULY 30, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 15, 1903,

PATENT OFFICE.

' OLE o. cILBER'rson, or Kassen, MINNESOTA.

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srncIrIcA'rIoN forming para of Letters Patent No. 746,952, dated Deember 15, 1903. Appui-anon sied Ymy so. 190s. seria no. 167.571. (No man.)

To a/ZZ whom t may certosino/'l- Be it known that I, OLE O. GLBERISON, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Kas' son, in the countyof Dodge and State of Min-. nesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corn Harvesters and Huskers,i of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of an improved corn harvester and husker designed to cut the stalks of corn inthe eld, to pull l the ears of corn from the stalks, andrernoveV the husks from the ears by the simple passage of the machine across the iield. It is so. organized as to conduct these'operations'in a continuous way by a simple, strong, and prac: tical construction, also to press down and roll the stub ends of the cut stalks to a level surface with the ground to facilitate subsequent cultivation of the ground, and also to enable the machine to turn in the shortest possible space.

It consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the machine,which I will now proceed to describe with reference to the drawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation Vof the machine with the tongue in cross-section. Fig. 2 is a top plan View with a part of one of the carrierbelts removed. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the machine, partly in section, the view being taken from the side opposite the'sickle. Fig.' 4 is a rear elevation, partly in section, on the broken line 4 4 of Fig. 3; and Figs. 5 and 6 are details.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, A A A2 A3 represent an elevated rectangular main framework mounted upon two rear wheels W W and one front wheel X, the latter having a broad and concave tread or face. B B'l B2 is an-v other rectangular framework projecting laterally from the main framework at a lower level and carrying along its front edge the sickle or cutter S. These two sections of the framework are rigidly connected together and carry all the working parts of the machine.

I will irst describe the main features of the vare received on the carrier-apron 2 in posi- 'tion parallel with the line of draft of the machine. The carrier-apron 2 takes the stalks laterally'to the two inclined elevator-aprons 3 and 4. Thea'djacent faces of these aprons rising together carry the stalk up to an elevated horizontalapron 5, whose upper surface runs to the rear and carries the stalk between the corrugated snapping-rolls 6 and 7. These rolls pass the stalks and blades on between themv to a rearwardly-dischargin g chute 9, 4which delivers said stalks upon theground. The snappingrolls are so constructed and Y,adjusted that they will not allow the more l bulky ears of corn to pass between4 them, and said ears are so restrained while the stalks are 'being pulledthrough that the ears are snapped oft'and drop onto aseries of six husking-rolls 8. These husking-rolls arethickly studded with small projecting pins, and said rolls rotate together in pairs. The pins tear the shucks ed from the'ears of corn and pass the shucks ,down between the rolls onto the ground,whi1e vthe'hard ears of shucked corn are held upon the surface vof the rolls and gradually work their way down the incline of the rolls and are dumped into a chute l0, which in turn discharges them into an elongated box 1l, arranged on the framework of the machine on the opposite side from the sickle. AThis box is arranged longitudinally to the machine and is of sufficient capacity to hold the corn obtained by one trip around anaverage-size field.` By placing the box ll on the opposite side of the machine from the sickle and its attachments ythe box and its contents are` of a turn-table X3, irmly bolted to the front upper part of the main frame; This arrangement permits the tongue and front wheel to be turned to nearly a right-angular position to the machine, so as to make a short turn at the end of the row, and thus cut the corn to the end of the row. The caster wheel is made with a broad tread and a slightly-concave face, and the position of this wheel is so arranged in relation to the sickle that when the sickle is cutting one row of corn the concave caster-wheel will run upon the stubble or stubs of the previously-cut row of cornstalks, as seen in Fig. 1, so that these stubs and the corn-hills will be mashed down, and thus leave the surface of the ground level, or nearly so, to facilitate plowing and the subsequent cultivation of the field. By making the tread of the wheel concave it forms a peripheral groove by which it is easily kept in line over the row of corn-stubble and also serves to guide the machine in a parallel line to the row of corn being cut.

It will be noticed that the draft connection is attached to the front crushing-wheel X below the turn-table and spindle-socket and at or near the axle of the saidjvheel. This secures an important result, as follows: This front crushing-wheel in mashing down the stub ends of the stalks encounters a strong strain to the rear, due to the stiff upright stub ends of the stalks. This strain if allowed to come upon the vertical spindle and turn-table has a tendency to strain'the spindle in its socket-bearing and to tilt the turntable, producing unequal wear and damaging strain and friction, which soon produces a looseness at the vertical bearing and interferes with and changes the true vertical axis of the front wheel. By connecting the draft attachment below the turn-table and to or near the horizontal axis of the front wheel this rearward stress on the front wheel produced by the sti stub ends of the cornstalks is entirely obviated and a true vertical axis and free turning of the front wheel is conserved. It will also be noticed that the draft strain of the team tends to hold the front wheel in true parallelism with the line of draft and prevents wabbling, thus insuring its spacing and guiding function.

To drive the various working parts of the machine, this is all affected by the axle W of the rear running wheels W W. On this axle is arranged a clutch C C', the portion C of which is held by coil-spring W2 into engagement with the portion C', which is rigidly connected to a main driving-gear C3. The sliding portion C of the clutch is adjusted into or out of engagement with the portion C by means of the forked lever C2, which extends to the forward part of the machine, where the drivers seat is to be located. The main gear-wheel C3 engages and drives a pinion D on a countershaft D, from which power is transmitted to the Various parts of the machine.

For running the sickle S its pitman s, Fig. l, is connected lto a crank-pin s onv a longitudinal shaft S', Fig. 2, under the machine, which at the rear'end bears a small bevelgear s2, that is engaged bya large bevel-gear s2, rigidly fixed to the counter-shaft D.

To run the husking-rolls 8, the latter are geared together in pairs by equal gear-wheels e on the upper ends of the rolls, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, and the shaft of one of these rolls is provided with a bevel-wheel e', which engages a bevel-wheel e? on the upper end of anhinclined shaft E. This shaft bears on its lower end a bevel-gear e3, that engages and receives motion from a bevel-gear e4 on the counter-shaft D. Near the other end of the counter-shaft there is an inclined shaft F, which at its lower end bears a bevel-gear f, that engages and receives motion from a bevel-gear f on the counter-shaft. The inclined shaft F at its upper end has (see Fig. 4) a bevel-gear f2, that engages a bevel-gear f3 on the shaft of the upper snapping-roll 6.

To run the upper horizontal apron 5, (see Fig. 3,) one of the rollers has a gear-wheel d4, which through two idle wheels a2 d3 receives motion from a gear-wheel a, on the upper snapping-roll, 6. This same gear-wheel d of the upper snapping-roll (see Fig. 4) meshes with and drives a gear-wheel a' on the lower snapping-roll 7.

To run the sickle-apron 2, the lower snapping-roll 7 (see Fig. 4) is provided with a bevel-gear b3, which drives a bevel-gear b2, and this in turn drives a bevel-gear b4 on the upper end of an inclined shaft G, which at its lower end carries a bevel-gear b5, that meshes with and drives a bevel-gear b on the end of the inner roll,which carries the sickle-apron 2.

To drive the two elevator-aprons 3 and 4, (see Fig. 2,) the upper roller of the lower apron 4 has its shaft prolonged at d to carry the bevel-gear b2 and also has a rigidly-attached pinion b', that meshes with a pinion b on the shaft of the upper roller of apron 3.

For the proper running of the machine the snapping-rolls should be allowed to yield slightly to and from each other, and for this purpose I makethe lower snapping-roll springseated at each end, as shown in Fig. 5. In a like manner and. for a similar purpose the upper roll of the upper elevator-apron 3 is made yielding by similar springs, as shown in Fig. 6.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- A l. A corn-harvester having a stalk-cutter IOC IIC

arranged upon one side of the same and having a single supporting-wheel in front, a yokeframe carrying the axle of said wheel and hav,

ing a single supporting-wheel in front made with a peripheral groove and spaced from the cutter as described to crush down the cut stubble of corn and also guide the machine sub stantially as described.

3. A corn harvester and husker comprising a main frame, a laterally-projecting cutter ara vertical axis, `ay laterally-projecting cutter arranged ou one side, a husking device arranged inthe middle, and a laterally-projecting corn-receiving box arranged on the opposite side ofc the machine from the cutter to balance the same upon the single front wheei` substantially as described.

5. A corn b arvester and husker, comprising a iaterally-projecting cutter having an inwardly-running apron, two inclined elevatoraprons extending from the cutter-apron to the top of the machine, a horizontal and longitudinally running apron arranged at the top of the machine, a pair of snapping-rolls arranged at the rear of this upper horizontal apron, a chute extending rearwardly from the snapping-rolls, a series of spiked husking-rolls arranged beneath the upper horizontal apron and inclined forwardly and downwardly from the snapping-rolls, a corn-receiving box arranged at the opposite side of the machine from the cutting device, a trough or chute extending from the forward and lower end of the bushing-rolls to the corn-box, and means for operating the parts substantially as and for the purpose described.

n OLE 0. GILBERTSON. Witnesses AUGUST E. ANDERSON, A. A. JOHNSON. 

